Chapter 50: Ye Shen vs Li Chenggui

The Daedong River is rolling in the southwest direction, this is the famous river of Goryeo, although it is nothing in the Central Plains, but at this moment, it is also a natural danger.

This natural danger divided the Ming army into two sections, because of the reason for crossing the river, part of the army has been on the west bank of the Datong River, and part of the army is still on the east bank of the Datong River. At this time, the east bank of the Datong River changed sharply.

Countless Goryeo cavalry slaughtered from the sorghum fields.

Hit the Ming army by surprise.

At this time, even if Ye Shen had great ability, it was impossible to give any command to the army behind him across the river. It was only possible to watch the rear detachment being surrounded and divided by several times the Goryeo cavalry. Annihilated.

The only good news is that since going south, Ye Shen has been adhering to the principle of charging ahead and breaking behind. This time to cross the river, Ye Shen crossed the river first and opened the way for the army on the south bank, leaving behind all the Jurchens, with the new annexed army, and some wounded.

Therefore, the loss of Ye Shen's headquarters is not small.

But this was the first time that Ye Shen had lost a battle since he entered Goryeo.

After Ye Shen retreated from Kaijing, he ran into problems all the way north. The Goryeo Wang clan has been established for hundreds of years, and there are still some people who look forward to it, and the high reward issued by Wang Yu has attracted the attention of the local people, so Ye Shen encountered many attacks of one kind or another.

And the Goryeo Five Guards Army, known as more than 100,000 people, although there are a lot of empty salaries. But there are 80,000 or 90,000 people, to say the least.

Ye Shen thought about killing one and defeating one first. But the Koreans are smart and take every step of the way, as if they were old ladies with bound feet. So that Ye Shen could not find a flaw. And to break through the tens of thousands of troops in Goryeo, Ye Shen is not an immortal.

But there are pros and cons to everything.

The disadvantage is that this kind of pursuit, that is, a send-off type of pursuit, has no threat to Ye Shen at all. What threatens Ye Shen is Li Chenggui's joining the battlefield. Ye Shen and Li Chenggui's subordinates had their first contact on the battlefield, and both sides had their own victories and defeats. Ye Shen didn't dare to fight anymore, and Li Chenggui didn't dare to pursue.

The reason why this is the case is that Ye Shen's armor is too good, only four or five thousand people, more than half of them are armored, and the Jurchen battlefield organization is still very poor, but Wu Yong is really good. The Jurchen cavalry was organized into heavy cavalry and rushed to the Goryeo cavalry formation, with only one chance.

Because the Jurchen cavalry rushed once, they dispersed, and it was almost impossible to gather again on the battlefield. However, this charge has the power of Tiefutu.

Li Chenggui is not a weak hand. But seeing this situation, he didn't dare to resist, so he could only back down.

However, Li Chenggui is indeed a brave general. Even if the Jurchen warriors are already quite powerful. However, under Li Chenggui, there was no ununited enemy, and it was also Li Chenggui's broken queen, which made it impossible for the Ming army to defeat the Goryeo army in one fell swoop. The two sides confronted each other for a long time, fighting several times, and everyone had nothing to do with each other. In the end, Ye Shen retreated first.

It seems that Ye Shen was defeated, but Ye Shen also has his own discoveries. That is, he discovered that the relationship between Lee Sung-gye and the king of Goryeo was not so close. Without him, Li Chenggui's cavalry was thousands of elites, although the armor and equipment were weaker than the Ming army, and the long knives on both sides intersected, and on the Ming side, there was almost no problem with the long knives. But on Li Chenggui's side, there is a big gap. Even in the middle of the battle, there were cases where long knives were broken.

This is the reason why Li Chenggui is tied up.

But this is not the reason why Li Chenggui watched him withdraw.

Because Ye Shen knows very well that if Li Chenggui fights with more than half of the casualties in his headquarters and drags Ye Shen on the battlefield, perhaps, Ye Shen and hundreds of Ming troops in his headquarters will be able to escape, but most of the girls are real people, and the new attached army will be explained here.

Playing chess is called hand talk, because playing chess itself is a kind of communication, and a real master, even if he doesn't say it, can figure out some of the other party's thoughts, and fighting is the same.

Ye Shen and Li Chenggui are the commanders of both sides, what can the other party do, how can I deal with it, I don't know how many times I have passed in my heart, and the other party's actions are linked to my own conjecture. There are some things that are easy to deduce.

Li Chenggui stayed.

In the battle in front of him, it can also be seen that if Li Chenggui attacks in advance, there will be greater gains, why only attack more than 1,000 people in the rear?

Same issue.

Ye Shen couldn't guess the specific reason, maybe Li Chenggui wanted to explain to Kaijing, or Li Chenggui had other ideas, but Li Chenggui and Kaijing were not of the same mind, but it was obvious.

Ye Shen wanted to understand this, and he was a lot less worried about Li Chenggui, but he was much more worried about the soldiers under his command.

Without him, this battle was lost. It's so demoralizing.

Not to mention, the so-called soldiers under his command are simply a group of rabble. Ye Shen led them to victory after victory, and they gathered around Ye Shen. But Ye Shen's undefeated golden body was broken. A lot of people have other ideas.

Ye Shen's gaze was a little cold, and he swept over everyone.

With relatives on the other side, weeping bitterly. Some are pale and whispering, and some are talking to each other with wandering eyes.

Ye Shen had already prepared for the worst in his heart, and he secretly said in his heart: "My task is just to drag Goryeo, and now the task has been completed." It's better if the rest of the people can take it back. If you can't bring it back, there's no hope. I'll just go back with my headquarters. ”

It seems that military affairs are the most ruthless calculations, and to become a famous general, they all have a similar ruthless heart.

When these people wavered against Ye Shen, they didn't know that Ye Shen was ready to give up on them all.

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"General Li, why don't you attack in advance, otherwise this big victory will be even more brilliant." A monk was covered in gold and silver, and reprimanded Li Chenggui arrogantly.

In Goryeo, the tradition of Buddhism is deeply rooted. Much more influential than Confucianism, the previous king, that is, Wang Yu's father, was a devout Buddhist, and he promoted monks to the palace as officials, including those who had died, and the folk rumored to be Wang Yu's biological father was also a monk.

I don't know if Wang Yu has no one available, so this has brought many monks to become officials.

However, it is not without precedent for a Goryeo monk to become an official, and there is not much resistance.

Li Chenggui said respectfully: "Master, the most important thing now is to win a battle, and the king needs this victory. As for how much to win, it is a secondary matter, and the strength of the Ming army is strong. I'm worried that if there are too many people left, I can't eat, but I miss a big thing, if I'm here alone, I can naturally fight as much as I want, but here, Master, it's different. ”

The monk's eyes rolled, and the smooth head reflected the sunlight, and he already understood Li Chenggui's intentions.

The king sent him to oversee the war. He came to win a battle, isn't it because he has a meritorious battle, if he loses because he is greedy, he has no light on his face. He smiled slightly and said, "Amitabha, Lao Ne understands, thank you General Li for your guidance, after I go back, I will definitely repay General Li's merits." ”

Li Chenggui secretly took a gold ingot and stuffed it to the monk, and said, "Then please ask the master." ”

The monk secretly weighed it and said with a slight smile; "It's okay, it's okay."

Li Chenggui respectfully sent the monk away. On the side, his son Li Fangguo, who had been silent, said: "Father, why are you delaying the attack? ”

Li Chenggui was expressionless and said, "I didn't say it just now. ”

Li Fangguo shook his head and said; "I can see that you are prevaricating him."

Li Chenggui laughed and said, "Go, come with me." ”

Li Chenggui brought his son and a few cronies to the captive, Li Chenggui inquired, and immediately understood the membership structure of Ye Shen's department, his face changed greatly, and said: "You mean that the Ming army only has a thousand people, and after several battles, there are only a few hundred people left, and the rest are Jurchens, and slaves and maids who are attached to them?" ”

Several captives immediately said: "Yes, yes, yes." ”

These people are not die-hard Daming loyalists, and in this case, they naturally said what they knew without reservation.

Li Chenggui made a rare gaffe.

It took a while for him to come back to his senses, and with a wave of his hand, the guards immediately executed the captives. Then he sent an order to go down and find the real Ming captives. After some searching, there was none. It made Li Chenggui's face extremely ugly.